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gibbering
UK
/ˈdʒɪbərɪŋ/
US
/ˈdʒɪbɚɪŋ/
Translations
UK
/ˈdʒɪb.ər.ɪŋ/
US
/ˈdʒɪb.ɚ.ɪŋ/
Used attributively/predicatively as a present-participle adjective.
The gibbering man was hard to understand.
Бормочущего человека было трудно понять.
Additional translations
gibberings
pl
UK
/ˈdʒɪbərɪŋ/
US
/ˈdʒɪbərɪŋ/
Uncountable (occasionally plural) gerund meaning ‘unintelligible speech’.
gibbering
Gerund
gibbered
Past Simple
gibbered
Past Participle
gibbering
Gerund
UK
/ˈdʒɪbə/
US
/ˈdʒɪbɚ/
He started to gibber when he saw the ghost.
Он начал тараторить, когда увидел привидение.
She was so nervous that she could only gibber.
Она была так нервна, что могла только бормотать.
Additional translations
Definitions
The gibbering man was so frightened that no one could understand what he was trying to say.
Their quiet conversation was drowned out by the gibbering of the terrified crowd.
After the accident, he could only gibber incoherently about what had happened.